Why Investing Can Be Physically Painful: Understanding the Stress and Strain

07/17/17 • 8 min

Standard Deviations with Dr. Daniel Crosby

We commonly speak of how "stressed out" we are today but as recently as a century ago, the idea of stress was viewed as unscientific. In this episode, we talk about the physical psychological impact of stress on investment decision-making and risk appetites. The takeaway? Good investing is so difficult partially because it is physically painful.

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